Work Text:
I'm a dreamer, always have been. Waiting patiently for my letter to arrive, wishing that I could see through the mist, praying that I was an elf, observing every room for a wardrobe that would take me away, just hoping that I wasn't going to spend my entire life in this monochrome world with nothing to await, no adventure, no new quest, no mission. No-I couldn't live like that. Or so I thought.
I was 17 when I realised that I was never going to Hogwarts, that I wasn’t a demigod nor an elf, and that my Narnia would never come. I was stuck, and there was nothing I could do but accept it. And so I did, I became a financial analyst, working a desk job from 9 to 5, and earning my keep as I lived in this gloomy reality.
However, I did find happiness. I met him for the first time at a school reunion. In him, I found a loving partner for life, and my one and only Prince Charming. With 2 dogs, a cat and him, life was pretty good. I was happy, sometimes I even glowed.
Today’s the same: the 9-to-5 job, going home, binge-watching movies with him, and eventually falling asleep. At least, that was the plan. I was driving home after an exhausting day filled with boredom when I reached the intersection. I saw a bright globe of light on the left, no cars, no honking and no people.
I turned around to check the right, and it was normal as ever, the same bustling energy you could only find in New York, the insane traffic and the way home. I turned left again, and it was still there, the big ball of whiteness that seemed to stretch forever. I had finally found it—my once-in-a-lifetime chance, my way to Hogwarts, to Camp Half-Blood, to the Lost Cities, to Narnia. I could go, right now, all I had to do was take a left. Why wasn't I? What could I possibly lose?
That’s when it hit me: I no longer wanted that. I wanted my comfy little life with him. I wanted that to last forever. My dogs, my cat and him, they mattered most. But at the same time, my childhood revolved around this opportunity, this chance to run to a fictional reality where anything was possible. I made up my mind. I turned right.